title: [Cataract surgery results with intraocular lens implantation in children and youth in the years 1990-1995 (personal material)].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Analysis of cataract surgery with intraocular lens implantation in children and youth performed between 1990 and 1995 in Bialystok University Eye Clinic.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty patients between 5 and 19 years of age were operated. The subjects comprised 15 cases of traumatic and 5 of congenital cataract. Intraocular lens implantation was performed as a primary procedure in 18 patients and as a secondary procedure in 2 cases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Visual acuity of 5/50 to 5/12 was achieved in 14 patients and 5/10 to 5/5 in 6 patients. Posterior capsule opacification requiring YAG-laser capsulotomy was found in 12 patients (60%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Intraocular lens implantation may be a safe and effective technique for optical correction in children with traumatic and congenital cataracts.
authors.affiliation: Katedry Okulistyki AM w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bakunowicz-Lazarczyk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stankiewicz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sredzińska-Kita
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002386:Cataract / Q000151:congenital; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular / Q000009:adverse effects; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity
vernacular_title: Wyniki operacji zaćmy z wszczepieniem sztucznej soczewki u dzieci i młodziezy w latach 1990-1995 (materiał własny).